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P rHE cONIMISSIONERS for' EXECUTING yhe OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the LD KINGDOM o f GREAT BRITAIN and R IRELAND, 4';;;crieeby give noti ce , th a t on T HURSDAY , th e 3d J anuar y nex t, be " S'Block, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may ji l linc to Contract, for supplying and delivering into Her Ma eltV.letualllng Stores at Deptford, the under-mentioned Ar e, WITH WHICH Ti;F, "TRUE SUN" Is NOW INCORPORATED. When tobe delivered. 81IGARIThp produce of the Bri- Half of each to three 4 Blau } 80 Tons weeks, and the re ainder in th AISIN tis h Possessions (New Bla Smyrna 7d Tons w eeks afterwards. ree rOne-thirdbythe3oth I April, one-third the lISCUIT BAGS (large) 'O,OOO No. ..1 30th June, and the r remainder by 31st No. 14,446. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1838, PRICE sd. lir . ONDON TRADES' JOINT..STOCK _ILA BANKING COMPANY (late London and Dublin Trades' Bank), 34, Graceehurch-street.—Pursuant to the above resolu tion, the Provisional Directors hereby give notice, that this BANK will OPEN for BUSINESS on the ist of January, 1839. By order of the Board, Dec. 21, 1838. FREDERICK EDGELL, Sec. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, MANSION-HOUSE. Capital £500,000. DIRECTORS. Sir JAMES DUKE, ALP., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John Knill, Esq. Benjamin .Barnard, Esq. Benjamin Lancaster, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt. Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General - Robertson. Bryan Donkin, Esq. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Golismid, Esq. O'Bryan BellinghaM Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. TIIE COAL TRADE. NAVAL OFFICERS' GRIEVANCES. Captain Thomas Young, owner and master of the ship Eliza, trading from Newcastle to London with coal, waited upon the Lord Mayor on Thursday on the subject of the new, coal regulations. He stated that be was in the habit of supplying the breweries of Messrs. Golding and Messrs. Reid •and Co., and the distillery of Messrs. Young and Co., with coals for some time, and that be had uniformly re fused to have anything to do with the existing combination between the coal-owners in the north and the factors in London. L Augustnext. "Am.. , _„ CANy . '''k sm an ) 10,000 No. [ BY ne tte t. 30th of April AS (for Pudding Bags) Wl° By 31st March next, LL - W RODS (for Cooper's Twigs) 600 Mille/ in equal monthly proportions. Coo r t. Within six weeks, in ERS' FLAGS 5OO Bolts/ equal weekly pro- The Q portions. , , •- , ogar and Raisins to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. cspot of the Sugar intended to be supplied, and of the Raisins .?t less than MO and of the Rods (not less than 500 great , f 7), must be produced by tho parties tendering ; and . Samples N i " Biscitit Bags and Canvas, and also of the description of 41 gar admissible, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, a ? be seen at the said Office. tr .* • Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of ),-.'", t 7) nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an Agent for 1, duly authorised in writing. ,every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ,_tY, and bear in the left band corner the words " Tender for ----.... ~ 10 , 1 ---. , and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac t, Janled by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging ' , tome bound with the person tendering, in the sum 0f. 2 .1/. per cent, on the value, for thidue performance_of each of the Contracts Or k s'llgir, Raisins, and Biscuit Bags. tAGLE FURNACE and FOUNDRY COM PANY, GREAT BRIDGE, STAFFORDSHIRE. „„Two Thousand Five Hundred of the Three Thousand Shares of nch in this Company having been subscribed for, and taken 7 4 Persons, and since which the latu Proprietors (without soli- Nation) having guaranteed to the Shartholders 10 per cent. per a " mint upon the Capital paid up for Three Years, the Board of eecto rs hare determined that no part of the remaining WO lres shall be allotted except at a premium of W. per Share. / 1 4 1 , Plication for Shares (post-paid) to be addressed to Mr. Wm. Yland, Old Bank, Stourbridge ; Messrs. Glowes and Wedlake, • qtors 10, King's Bench Walk, Inner dome' and Mess rs. s ung and Bacon, 3, Bartholomew-lane, Lon WILLIAM RYLAND, Secretary. .._beseTaber 17, 1838. LOUGH CORRII3 COMMISSION. A GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of the COMPANY of UNDERTAKERS Within the District of LOUGH CORRIB, in the Province of '° ll naught, will be held at Kilroy's Hetel, in the Town of Galway, .°, ll die P.Lkii day of January, 1839, at the hour of Eleven o'Clock fiorenoon, to proceed to execute the Commission granted to them 6, t ite Lords Justices, pursuant to the Ist and 2d William IV i . n " e p. 57, entitled ' 4 ‘ an Act to empower Landed Proprie tor s , s tud to sink, embank., and remove obstructions in rivers. Dated the 24th day of Dec, 1838. JOHN OBINS WODEHOUSE, Secretary. IRELAND—PROVINCE OF ULSTER. COUNTY OF DOWN. Alexander Moore, Plaintiff—The Honourabl e Lad y Harriet Forde, Gilliam Evans 'Morris Bayly, James Miles Reilly, John Lush-' p 4 ,1011 Reilly, Mary Anne Bayly, Clayton Bayly, William Mor- WHayly, E m il Meredyth and Mary Anne, his wife, Andrew 'lent, and the Rev. Henry Maxwell, Clerk, Defendants. t i l URSUANT to a Decree of Her Majesty's date Court otExchequer in Ireland , m ade in this cause, bearing 2 4tb. the 21 s t d ay of N ove mber, 1857, I will, on Thursday, the o , iii d aY of Jaauary, 1839, at the ho ur of one o'cloek, in the after set 2 at my Chambers, on the Innis Quay, in the City of Dublin, ,9 and sell to the hihest and fairest bidder, 40 1 that and those t he ; LANDS and PREMISES called the k ;LYMOUNT ESTATE, consisting of the Towns and Lands lezr:romonaghoui, Farranfad, Cargagh, Ballydonety, Maghera tafil,n, Woodgrange, Hollymount, Cranley's Quarter, Ballintogher, kid fitugall, Russell's Quarter, and certain tenem'ents in the town l art `"' ,o 3ne of Down, situate in the baronies of Lecale and Kinne kee).; and also all that and those the Manor and Estate of . Ard twae, consisting of the towns and lands of Ardkeene, Lisbane, silYb • Iyis t janzgazr , Half Quarter of Cookestown, Ballywhillert, other eruk"allyvilliilar Ballymacnarnee, Tullymally, Ball ward, Rally ler;regg, Ballygeia, and Kirkstown Quarter, tos.ether with the se isl-1 Islands in . the Lough of Strangford, called Scattriek Calf lsiattd, Ramish, Trastagh, Inishasnen, Le Carrick, Craggery, 1. 0 " r ne• Monastres - Bird Island, Longsheela, Sandrock, L a ngiiland, Islandfad, • Islandcor, and Partan, situate in the c O -r , ° „?3' of Ardsall, which said lauds and premises are situate in the th c , - 1 of Down, in the pleadings mentioned, or competent part -re nr• for the purposes in said Decree mentioned. Dated this 6th day of December, 1898. ACHESON LYLE, S. R. ittt F or Rental, and particulars of Title, apply to Rowland Craig, and ney f or the p l a intiff, No. 47, Low er Gardiner-street, Dublin, . D o . • • \ A npatricK IRETT'S LIQUEUR GINGER BRANDY. et..,/,ffritrrreoismitme en Sto d za7 .o h r ic it Co s p r e d e in a i r n e ir c l a f c a p i e n rfg e t L R ize f u o r, f Y h s while, in dilution, it produces an agreeable beverage, free 1 4 - Lack . dity, and, consequently, more witolesome than malt liquor. sir led pint and quart bottles, 2s. an 3s. 6d. each, bottle inclu- Itis by the Imperial gallon ; on which terms our IM of f r ED..BRANDY continues to rival the choicest productions gnae. a n d to defy the best efforts of British Distillation. i.IENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Inn, Holborn Bars. SEASON. —Gentlemen and fami- P o „ lies are respeettti l ly informed, that the BOTTLING of WINES has COI:IMENCED at the GRAY'S INN '`" tiet E STABLIS HMENT; they consist of the g reatest ye from that of an economical kind to those of the most supe tiescription, so as to meet 'the t ncans and wishes of every class !°rn 11 k , uers at the lowest prices prompt payment ought to min im I " pipe, 651., 751., 841. Per qr. p i p e, 171., 191. 10s., 2 1 /. 10 s . per o ozen, 24 5 ., 275., 305., 335. and 365. ,HENEKEY and CO3IPY. Vote. Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London . few pipes of extraordinary Old Wines, of high charac ...,full of flavour, at 931. and 1001. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. 4 CHRIS TMAS SUPPLIES. T. BETTS, and CO. respectfully request their 11 ? friends not to postpone giving their O rders for the PATENT 4 - AND beyond the 20th instant, as the multiplicity of orders ttl ° l ll th a t One to Christmas, renders it impassible' for them to re the,te their ,ieliveries with that punctuality which it has ever been 44 . * u anxious %7 - ish to observe. Ne Patentees in consequence of the num erous imitators of the N e , a e nt Brandy avaii themselves of this opportunity to debt' that tny he oki"'iar wholesome properties of their Brandy, attestema i sc &nt Chemists and fr equently p ublished since its introduction in k ,.... 4 kare secured. by Patent Right, which in itself forms a sufficient t ,antse, if purchasers be careful to establish the ident it y of the ...,:ee. _____-------- -OBINsON'S BRILLIANT CHEAP LIGHT. 4 47 ----------- „,. ROBINSON and CO., Patentees and Sole Manufactu : of the PATENT IMPROVED LAMP, for burning naphtha N:iitit, which excels in power of light, cheapness, ease, safety, and N o e ftess of management, all other naphtha lamps, is the most 14 1° 3 1 111 c light in use , an excellent, cheap substitute for gas, not a lt Te.entase of odor candles, free from grease, dirt, or sparks ^taffecied by frost. - 4 ,„ • 11. R: and Co., being distillers of the na p htha, can supply J quantity. 4 Post Letter of Patternaand Prices will be sent, by applying, Post . _ paid, to the Patentees, 19, Minories' .Aldgate. ---- ..... ..._ IiARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW-,,, ~, DER, warranted not to wear th e p late. t i ns t an tl y c l ears t a rnish and dirt, and magical l y p rodu c es a host inimitable Polish upon Gold, Silver, Plated Goods, brass. 1„T, Copner,.and makes British Plate, Zinc, and Pewte r, look as Ito as the best Silver. ~, Sold, wh o l esa l e an d re t a il, at Hallet and Co.'s British Plato !ik k -tory, 41, Ludgate-street. •Liatt. man, Chemist to the Queen, Thomas and Co., Old Kent-road. No. 8, Castlo-street, Leicester- Thomas, Hammersmith. ..ouare- Russell , 67, Whitechapel-road. Z Chappell, 8, Lombard-street. Parker, Bridge -street, Lambeth. F ilson, $7, Fenchurch-street. And at the Manufactory, 0, Fenchurch-street. AGENTS WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom. A ---.. ~I‘l •—•—Plati cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish. i .....______ ....---------- ___---------- ‘ ERDOE'S NEW WATERPROOF FROCKS, completely IMPERVIO US to RAIN, WITH TUT IMPEDING the FREE ESCAPE of PERSPIRATION. They aro gent l eman ly-in appearance, warm, light, convenient , and ed A t ,loutica!, combining the advantages of Great Coat, Cloak, and kiutosli. ;This invaluable discovery i n waterproofing is applicable to all kinds of material, whether of woollen, linen, cotton, or silk, and (1 01. , ti l l ' e ba rf ess eetly unobjectionable , than when generally known will, , entirely sup ersede the unsightly and unhealthy articles ' 1 herto in . ~. use. ' ivl waterpro o f pilot coats, great coats, cloaks, capes. trousers, c., & tll furnished, and specimens shown, by WALTER BERDOE. Or, 69, Cornbill (only). lIINGWOR M, Scaldhead, Itch, Chilblains, Hooping Cough, Rheumatism, S c i a ti c a, Lumbago, Tic doloureux and many Gouty Affections, form but a sm all proportion of the cutaneous and muscular diseases or injuries which y ield to yi„„leor other of SHARP'S ROYAL BRITISH CERATES and 4 IMENT, consisting of five Cerates and Ltnirnent. The mo st r Ple detail s an d t e stimonials may be obtained from the Venders in °'' .7 fl and country ; as well as in the several British Colonial Pos- Ziysions, and most Foreign States ; or, fr om the Sole P ro p rietors, n ,trp, West, and Co., 153, Fleet - st reet, Lon don. • N)ld in Packets at 131jd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. each, Stamps Included. -------- —.., PATRONIZED BY THE ROYA L FAMI LY. THORN'S POTTED YARMOUTH iu p BLOATERS, for Toot, Biscuiti, Sand wic h es, a nd Wine , 'gts ? ls. and , each. uue ed _nigh repute and i mm ense sale of this de l i cate pr e p aratioi: has in catt several would-be tradesmen (who , no t havi n g an idea of their u r n ei ve - th Pt imposition, by labelling a pot exactly like his, thereby to de for t▪ hat e pic and .inpire m (havinactual)) , aplied to his rinter Pu ubl pose) ; well knowing they cannot prepare p the Fish, the receipt whi,k a u old family one, and the secret in the curing of the Herring, by relish. its rancid 'qualities are destroyed, and it becomes so delicious a tpo the s ide, and on the top, Proprietor of the celebrated /of• --_, THORN'S TALLY HO! SAUCE, a 0 ,r1., Game, Steaks, Wild Fowl, and all . Made Dishes , imparting a e s M. otherwise acquired—the most economical now in use :in Bottles l,' a lkl each, warranted inall climates. Wholesale Highhe Manuctory, or ,7 - 1 08 s Oi:, Italian, and Foreign Warehouse, 225, Holborn; also gro ee nulesaZe oilmen and druggists ; ad retail by all respectable oilmen, ' B . and drvggists in the United Kingdom. !Ch o BRITISH WINES. Oldest H owe i n London for MThßr Wines. Warranted four years ' old, 18s. d LONDON TRADES' JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY (late London and Dublin Trades' Bank), 34, Gracechurch-street. The Provisional Directors hereby give notice, that the FIRST CALL of TWO POUNDS per SHARE is required to be paid at this Bank, No. 34, Gracechurch street, on or before the 14th of January, 1839, between the hours of nine and five o'clock. By order of the Board, FREDERICK EDGELL, Sec. Dec. 21, 1838. ONDON TRADES' JOINT-STOCK 1J BANKING COMPANY (late London and Dublin Trades' Bank), 34, Gracechurch-street.—At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY, held on Friday, the 21st instant, at the Bank, 34, Gracechurch-street, the follow ing resolutions were agreed to, viz : That the Report now read, altering the title from the London and Dublin Trades' Bank to the London Trades' Joint-Stock Banking Company, dividing the capital of one million into ten series of 10,000 shares of 101. each ; and the amended prospectus, embracing these and other alterations, be now received and adopted by the meeting. That the draft of the deed of settlement, as now submitted, be approved, and is hereby ordered to be completed, for the signature of the Shareholders. That this meeting highly approve of the intention of the Pro ♦isional Directors to make the first call of 21. per share forthwith, and to commence business on the Ist of January next. That the thanks of the Shareholders be cordially offered to the Provisional Directors for the attention they have devoted to the interests of the Company since its formation, and that they be re quested to continue their exertions in conducting the business of this establishment until the appointment of Directors. That a copy of the Resolutions of this meeting be printed and forwarded to the Proprietors, and inserted in the " Times," " Morning Chronicle," and " Morning Post" newspapers. That the thanks of this meeting be given to Sir James Douglas Hamilfon Hay, Bart.,,for the able manner in which he has con ducted the business of the day. By order of the Board, FREDERICK EDGELL, Sec. Dec. 21, 183 g. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE RETURNS. TWENTY PER CENT., NOTICE is hereby given, that the above Return will be al lowed to such persons as have completed Seven Years' Insurance during the last year, in their next payments of Premium and Duty. J..E. BEAUMONT, Secretary. 50, Regent-street, Piceadilly. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH; OLDHAM-STREET, MANCHESTER; And WASON'S-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. The TRANSFER BOOKS of this COMPANY will be CLOSED on the 31st instant, preparatory to the Dividend of 4 per cent., which will be paid on the let February next, and any subsequent days (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock.—Dec. 21, 1835. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE and DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 2i, CORN HILL; LONDON. Capital, 500,0001. PATRON—His Grate the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R. S. DIRECTORS. T. I t AAIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burgos Cam ac, KeC: - .S. ! George Lungley, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D. F. h." 3. !Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. iJohn Rawson, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. 'Joseph Thomp.on, Esq. Robert Holland, Esq. , M. P. PITYSICIA Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. , 37, , Con duit-street. -Suaarex—E. S. Symes, Esq.. 3s, Hill -street, Berkeley-square. ACTVART—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance in this Society many essential advantages, besides that if securing a prevision for a family, or for old age, are gained by the Assured, and thereby a vastly increased value is given to each policy effected with the Society. SPECIMEN OF ANNUAL PREMIUMS TO INSURE £lOO. Age V.S. f Age I Age 30. I Age 35. I Ago 4 1 Age 45.1 Age 50. sd. s. d. s. d. s. d. L. s. d. L. s. d. s. el. 1 13 7 1 1$ 6 2 4 4 2 le 11 2 1$ $ 3 U 4 4 4 SPECIMENS OF DEFERRED ANNUITIES BENEFITS. PREMIUMS. To secure, on Options secured, on attaining thel, Annuity£lo 0 0 taming the ay. Cash $2 10 0 age of Sixty-five, by an Annual! ofSixty.five,the Premium of 12s. Policy ti 1 option of Age I—Age1 — Age Payable Payable neat i next I Payable in for' Birth. Annuity. Cash. Policy. ;Birth- annually. One Dix. Day. Day. Sum. parity. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. a. d. l X. s. d. X. a. d. X. s. d. 20 47 16 0 294 11 0 466 0 0, 20 010 11 10 ole 0 0 II 30 26 15 10 221 0 0261 0 0, 30 019 I II 7 1 7 311 40 13.19 9 115 8 0 136 6 0 ~ 40 .1 17 3 27 3.11 19 410 a. d. X. s. d. X. s. d.I X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 20 47 16 294 11 0 466 00, 20 0101110 0 10 0 0 30 26 15 10 221 0 0 261 0 0 , 30 0 111 0 II 7 1 7 311 40 13.19 9 115 8 0 , 136 60, 40 -1 17 327 3.11 19 410 Also Annuities commencing at any other Age. Prospectuses, detailing the objects of the Society at length, with every variety of Tables, may be had by application at the Office, and any of the Branches, which are established in most if the principal Towt.s. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. fIUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR vg ANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, at the En trance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN SHORE, Esq., Chairman ROWLAND MITCHELL, Esq., Deputy Chairman W: C. Brandram, Esq. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. John Dixon, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. William D. Dowson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Nicholas Garry, Esq. John G. Ravenshaw, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. A. H. Poulett Thomson, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Tulloch, Esq. • George Lyall, Esq. James Tulloch, Esi AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Sir Walter R. Farquh ar, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June It2B, exceeding One per Cent. per Ann. on the Sums insured, en an average of the different Ages ; and a second Bonus of nearly similar amount was declared in June 1836. At each period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged rather more than 2$ per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums paid thereon during the preceding seven years. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Assurances which expire at Christmas Day, must be renewed within fifteen Days at this Office ; or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1. St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwi GEseO . t KE hey YS , o becme void. Sec:retell-3% SCOTTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE ASSURANCE, FoundeLO d NDON EQ on the Orig UITABLE inal Basis of this . PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY. THIS is the OLDEST and MOST EXTENSITE LIFE OFFICE in SCOTLAND, Instituted A.D. 1815. READ OFFICE, 5, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH. ACCUMULATED and INVESTED FUND, upwards of 700,000/. Sterling. ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDING 130,0001. WHOLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. ASBUTRIICES granted to any extent not exceeding 5,0001. on approved Lives. No Life Office in Great Britain, since the EQUITABLE of LONDON enacted its restricting Bye-Law of 1816, has keen ena bled to afford equal advantages to the Assured. Its Funds and Revenues are in a state of the most rapid increase. Assurances which may now be opened will rateably participate, agreeably to the Laws of the Society, in the additions to be declared at the ensuing Periodical Investigation. On this point reference is made to a Re p ort lately submitted to a General lleeting of the Members in the Western District of Scot land, which, after alluding to the continued prosperity of the Society, and the cause to which this might be attributed, pro ceeds as follows :—" There can be no doubt, therefore, that the gociety is at this moment in the possession of a large Sur plus Fund, which, under the limitations contained in the Articles of Constitution, will become available at the end of the pre sent year, in making Additions or Bonuses to the Policies. It is not, of course, in tho power of the, Directors, until the investigations now in progress are completed, or until the proper period actually arrives, to state with any precision what the actual results may be; but they can state generally, with thegreatest con fidence, that at no fortaer period of the Society's progress have its stirs been in a sounder or snore prosperous condition than they are atthe present moment. • The twocess of investigation is now going on fx the most minute manner. From the progress already mei/e, there is every reason to expect that matters will be suffi ciently forward to enable the Directors to announce the results at the AkiMial General Court, to be held in Edinburgh on lith January next. ,Not only will every publicity be immediately thereafter given, 11,7ough the usual channels, t fio t cates willhese resu b lts, but, as has been hitherto th. practice, Bonus Certie trans mitted to every individual member, either now connected with the or en tering previous to the Dose of the present year, sta tingamount of v ested or Retrospective Bonuses, as well as con tingent Society, tale amount prospeetiie Bonu ses attaching .to ugh Policy, down to then ex tand s e p tennial period of investigation in I845."1 (;epics of•the Prospectu.s—.Porms of Proposal—and every nsees be obtained on application at the Bsoiety's nary ation—ina p Y FFICE in LONDON, 15, BRID6gATREET, IILACKFRIARS. HUGH MACKEAN, Pr at the following Branches, ; Miare siEsTElt _4 l 4os, Boothraan, jun., Esq., eveselfreet, Ki n g street. layeareoL—Messrs. Arthur Ogght‘eesen and Ce., Exchange-place Limes —William Ward, Esq., Attornef-4-I,aw -11 sea her txt,n—Hugh Watt, Esq., Bankee- BRAD Ikr ""—Ge•rge a og ers, Esq., Ho rton-road. Inv CAST LE —Charles Bertrua, Esq. , 12, Sandhill. NOTE. _P ro posals intended to Ise made for the purpose of se curing a particip a ti on i n the benefits of the Periodical Investigation , now at hand, must be lodged fort-bwa, AUDITORS. John Barnard, Esq. I Edward Greenaway, Esq. William Hawes, Esq. Robert Pearson, Esq. • BamzEts—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co. Pirs-siciaris.—Archibald Billing, M.D.; T. W. Jones, M.D. SURGEONS—James Farish, Esq. ; John Dalrymple, Esq. STANDING CouNsEL- 7 .Russell Gurney, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Lake and Curtis. ACTUARY—Edward Baylis, Esq. THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS OFFICE. Policies granted as low as Fifty Pounds. Low Rates of Premium. Loans to Persons who have effected Policies with this Company. Claims payable in two months after death. Age of the Assured admitted in the Policy. 'Assurances may be effected daily. Prospectuses may he had at the Office, and of the Agents. EDWARD BAYLIS, Actuary. PUBLICATIONS. TifE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CXXV., Will be Published on SATURDAY; the 9th. CONTE NTS. I. STEAM-BOATS AND RAILROADS—REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON IRISH RAILWAYS. 11. MISS MARTINEAU'S " HOW TO OBSERVE" 111. DEER-STALKING IN THE HIGHLANDS. • IV. THE PAPAL CONSPIRACY—ARCHBISHOP OF CO LOGNE, &c. V. DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. VI. LORD LINDESAY'S TRAVFLS —STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE JEWS. VII. LORD MAHON'S HISI ORY, Vol. lII.—PRINCE CHARLES • EDWARD STUART. VDT. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN. IX. POLITICAL AFFAIRS. Jahn Murray, Albemarle-street. CAMPBELL'S SHAKSPEARE. On the Ist of January will be published, price ls. Bd., Part. 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Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3, Wal brook-ttreet, Mansion-house ; and Messrs. CitTli and Pwies: Crorrn•court, T4rAKIR3OO-14'eF!: The LORD MAYOR—Then I suppose the monopolists refuse to supply you with the article ? Captain Youria—Certainly they do, my Lord. I would not obey the regulations which they established for the purpose of keeping up the high price of Coal, and dis charged my cargo as soon as I arrived. The information that I had violated the rule soon reached the coal-owners, and they refused to supply me except at an enormous price. . The LORD MAYOR—I trust you are succeeding in your opposition to the combination ? Captain YOUNG—I have not the least doubt that it must soon fall to the ground. I procure all my coals from other colleries, which are not connected with the combina tion, a great many of which are now at work. The Loan MAYOR—And does the article give satis f4ctiott& Captain Yout.to—No doubt of it, my Lord. The odium cast upon the system which has so long existed, by your Lordship, and the resolute manner in which the op position has been taken up has had a great effect, and the Combination Committee are perfectly aware that the mo nopoly is nearly at an end. Indeed I heard one of the Committee themselves declare that such was the case. But the by-laws, which have been recently brought into operation, having, by retarding my passage up the River to those whom I supply, considerably interfered with my 'business,. I am now prevented, from carrying up and deli ve'ring my cargo directly, end have been obliged recently to put my ship into the ship canal-dock, and to pay a six pence a ton dock dues for the accommodation. I come to request your Lordship's interposition with the Navigation Committee to release me from this dilemma. The LORD MAYOR—Won't they allow you to unload in the section into which you are appointed to go upon ar riving in the'River. Captain YouNG—I dare say they would, but that would be extremely inconvenient, on account of the distance from the place for whiCh the cargo was intended, and the barge owners would require two shillings a ton for the carriage. I am, therefore, obliged to wait for my turn to get up to the highest section instead of going straightforward to Goding's brewhouse, as I used to do. I want to have the accommo dation which the gas ships have, which come up directly and deliver at once in the Pool. The LORD MAYOR-4 do not see why, as you bring up coals already purchased by parties, you should not be al loWed to go direct to the concern and deliver your cargo. It is not like having coals for the market ; and I think you ought to be permitted to deliver Mr. Goding's coals at his establishment. Captain YOUNG—That is just what I want, my Lord. My next cargo will be for Messrs. Reid and Co., and it would greatly interfere with my business if I were to be subject to the delay. The Loan MAYOR—I have been just now with.the Na vigation Committee with a letter, which I received a few days ago from the North, on the subject of these regula tions, to which you have adverted, and I can assure you that they are .mcist anxious to give every encouragement to those who labour to break up the combination. Captain YOUNG—I have given very long evidence before the Parliamentary Committee on the subject of the'exist log- combination, and am well acquainted with the way of working it. I brought an action in a case of the kind, but it was compromised, and I have every expectation that the enemies to the monopoly will be successful in their efforts. The-Loan MAYOR—I should be glad to find every ship that comes to the port unloaded without the intervention of a factor. If that were the case, the combination would. be broken up for ever. In my opinion an exception ought to be made in the arrangements in favour of all vessels not in the combination. Captain YOUNG—I have made eleven voyages this year, and if I had had factors to do with I should not have made eight ; and I am able to supply coals at a cheap rate, and to secure to myself a fair remunerating profit. The LORI) MAYOR—Be so good as to send me a sample of the coal you are in the habit of supplying. I shall try them in this house, and shall be able to institute a compa rison. I regret that I have had in the necessary quantity from the customary sources, as I should wish in my own person to render all -the service I could to those , collieries which are not connected with this monstrous combination. I shall give you a letter to the Navigation Committee now sitting, re commending that if it he not an injurious viola tion of the by-laws your vessel be allowed to go direct to the premises for which the coals are intended. ' Captain YOUIVG returned thanks to his Lordship, and said that he should immediately send a Sample of the coals; which he brought to London to the Mansion Howe, and would most willingly assist in destroying a combinatioh cal culated to do so much public mischief. Some idea of the preponderance of the quantities of coat imported by the monopolists, over the quantities imported by, those not involved in the combination, may be formed by the following Abstracts from .111 r. Pearsall's list for 1837 of coal imported and sold in the port of London Ships. Tons. Newcastle ,3,80 8. 1,276,625 Sunderland' 2,779 ' 834,511 Stockton 1,383 370,530 Y Blyth, Scotch, and Welsh 824 . 138,813 Smallaire, nd Sundry 17 4,313 Cuba and Cinders 2,626,967 There is now plenty of accommodation 'for discharging the colliers' cargoes, and the delivery in the . order of their arrival prevents all partiality. •Assuminglhat the new ar rangements will effect a sa ring of Ls. per ton upon 2,000,000 tons per annum, which is considered to be a moderate esti mate, with . the increasing trade, the money thus saved would purchase nearly 3G0,000 tons of coals for the increased cam fort of all classes, especially the poor. of the metropolis. Mr. Robinson, the Chairman of the Navigation Com o itt ee , waited upon his Lordship on Monday at the Man sion House. He said we were at the moment Captain Young sent in his name, discussing the propriety of allow ing Vessels containing purchased cargo es t o proceed with out delay to their destination. We heard his evidence on the point, and added it to the other testimony we received, and we issued orders which, we conceive, are calculated to do vast service to the public. The CHAIRMAN—By the means we have • adopted, my Lord, we give unprecedented facility, to the sale of coals, the c onsequence of which must be cheaper price to the public, from the extent of the competition. As for the fifteen days' permission to remain in the Pool, thatis quite preposterous ; but it was urged by the Board of Trade and Mr. Labouchere, who were anxious that a good under standing should be kept up, on the question of the Regu lations. • , The LORD MAYOR--I perceive, with the highest degree of pleasure, that we shall, in all probability, succeed in break ing up this monstrous combination. The greatest praise is due to the Navigation Committee for their great exertions, but there must be no abatement of energy in this contest with a very p ower f u l b ody. I am to cons id er t h at you d o no t apprehend an y b a d consequences from the permission of vessels with purch ase d cargoes to go a t on ce to their pla ce of destination for unloading ? The CHAIRMAN —Not a t a ll, my Lord ; on the contrary, it will, I thi n k, we shall watch u The LORD upon all sides. give a death-blow to the combination, which Mr. HOBLER-If they are caught at any tricks, they can be indicted for conspiracy. be made to ev-wle or frustrate our efforts to break up this frightful combination ; but if we detect any fraudulent tricks, the ropurt of the perpetrators shall be indicted as sure as they were born. -410 P.--i have no doubt that attempts will Much more conversation on the subject took place, for which we are unable to find room, ---- FIRE 0 11 440 A lill TII4 WARRIOR.--On Friday morning her Majesty's, receiving ship the Warrior, moored off Wool w i c h Dock-yard, was di scovere d to b e on fi re b y the navi gators procee di ng to th e ir wo r k. Th e y gave an immedi ate, a l arm , , when the Captairk Superintendent , Captai n P , Herlihy, p.p.,aad Lieutenant Pearse, attended by his Aiyi t i co . q f police and the fire engines, proceeded on board; and by prompt and energetic measures ultimately succeeded in eittnguishihg the Are, but Qat before it had made gr o g proms an the qtlarler deck and poop. It ap pears that some of-the officers of her Majesty's vessel Pros pero are nocommodkited with cabiog oil board the Warr; . s ) ., and that thp.fire wbiph bad been raisedin—thir stove had gYgl,4,eiitod the due and communicated to the tirn4qs, (From the Devonport Telegraph of Sept. 1, 1838.) The following is the Speech of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, delivered in the House of Commons on the 6th of August, on the subject of Naval Officers' Wrongs, and in reply to the Secretary of the Admiralty and Sir Thomas Troubridge, which we have not seen reported in any of the journals : Mr. Speaker--The motion with which I shall conclude is for a return of the grounds on which the late Comman der Edwards, Mr. William Boyce, late Surgeon, and Mr. Rowland Milner, late a Lieutenant, in her Majesty's Navy, were deprived of their rank and half-pay. But, before I proceed further, I mist advert to the tone and substance of the reply which I received from the Hon. Secretary of the Admiralty a few nights ago, in discussing the condition of Naval Officers ; that Hon. Gentleman was pleased to say, in terms most unbecoming his station, as well as un courteous to me, that I had misrepresented every subject on which I bad spoken ; Sir, I throw the accusation back in his teeth—he,' himself, not only misrepresented the facts, but he misrepresented me into the bargain. He did not venture, however, to risk the production of any docu ments, by which the House could judge between us, and, therefore, Hon. Members will justly conclude that the mis representations are in himself, and not on my part. At all events, Sir, when the Hen. Secretary comes down to this House assuming all the importance of ,a Lord High Ad miral, he should not be quite so disregardful of the cour teousness which should distinguish that high character, I must also, Sir, advert to a similar proceeding on the part of the Hon. and Gallant Member for Sandwich. In a conversation arising from what had been stated by me re spectir'r the treatment of Mr. Rowla n d Mil ner , I ex pressed my conviction that he could not be aware of the fact ; this he shortly contradicted, and upon my rejoining (and, as I fully believe, in very courteous terms, because I only meant to him justice), that it was quite impossible he could have read a full account of the case, he gave me such a reply, that I think he ought, on his own account, to regret it. For it will be in the recollection of many Members of the House, that a petition was presented some Sessions ago, for depriving that gallant officer and some others of their present commissions, on account of their not being of the legal age when they received their first promotion, on which occasion I myself seconded the re jection of that petition, on the express ground, that of the lapse of time during which those officers had been per mitted to continue their progress in the Navy undisturbed. Now, Sir, one of the strongest objections to the treatment of Mr. Rowland Milner is, the charge being made after the lapse of eleven years, and if the Gallant Member for Sandwich justifies the arbitrary punishment of Mr. Milner, after such a lapse of time, he is in honour bound to resign the commission he now holds. And now, Sir, buying made these preliminary observations, 1 will beg the attention of. the House to the motion which I have to submit to their consideration. It is, in my view, one of considerable im portance, not only to the Navy, but to the country in ge neral. We are no longer to be treated as a mere rope of sand, and I hope Naval Officers will see the necessity of uniting in their own cause, and standing up for that jus tice which they are entitled to, in common with every other class of her Majesty's subjects. Sir, when I first took up the subject I am now discussing, it was objected to me that I took too wide a range as to time, then, that I included too great a number of persons, and, at length, I limited the question to some five persons, who petitioned this House, through me, for a full and fair investigation. Even this did not disarm opposition, and the statement of men in office prevailed. over justice. On this occasion, however, the Hen. Secretary, notwithstanding his former hardy denials, admitted that one of those five cases re quired revision,-it was the case of Lieutenant Bryant, who, .was found by that revision to be innocent of the charge alleged, and after having suffered an arbitrary punish ment for many years, his- half-pay was restored to him. Surely, Sir, this instance should induce the House to agree with me, in the persuasion that a similar investigation would lead to a similar result. Now, Sir, in consequence of the various objections I have adverted to, I had pro posed confining myself to the single ,case of Mr. R. Milner, and I should have done so, had I not been defeated in the several attempts 1 have made in the course of this Session, by no fault of mine,. to bring it before the House, but in consequence of some information lately given to the House by the Gallant Member for Launceston, show ing the very different •. treatment of the Army, whose private pecuniary transactions are not interfered with, I have added the 'cakes of two persons which seem to me exselly in point, and whose petitions for investigation I presented'twO or three Sessions ago. The first, Si r , is that •of Boyce. who .being upon: half-pay as a; sur geon. in the Navy, F.ct pp in business, failed, as many an honest man does, became a bankrupt, a n d a f ter 'd e li ve ri ng Up the 'whole of iiis . properly,went before the Commis sioner Under the Insolvent Act. On this _Occasion he was opposed to the utmost by his agent ;, and what was the de cision of the Commissioner ? That the transaction in ques tion was just like that of the other creditors, and that having faithfully delivered up the whisk of his effects, he was at once released. Well, Sir, upon this the agent goes to the Admiralty, and upon his statement of the case, this gentle man is summarily inflicted with a punishment deemed un just and illegal by the regular Judge, after a public trial, ruined in professional prospects, and deprived of that half pay out of which he might have paid this very debt claimed by his agent. The next case is that of the late Commander Edwards. This officer received a letter from the Admiralty, stating that he was accused by his agent. of owing him 721., to re pay which he had promised to give his' half-pay affidavit, and that he had not given it according to promise. To this Commander Edwards answered, that it was a disputed ac count for a jury to decide. The Admiralty, not satisfied with this, told him that unless he informed them whether he had received the' 721. or not, they would visit him with their severest displeasure. He again replied that it was a question for a jury to decide; and they struck him off the list of the Navy. Commander Edwards then informed the Admiralty that he bad made the promise to give his affida vit for the loan, under a representation of the agent ; that he had paid another person 601. for him, which he (Com mander Edwards) afterwards discovered he had not paid ; that therefore he had been lent only 121., for which he was ready to give his affidavit. In consequence of 'being thus deprived of the means of paying his just debts, he was im prisoned in the King's Bench, where he died, owing to ill health, arising from wounds, and the cruel tmatment in flicted on him. And now, Sir, I come to the case of Mr. Rowland Mil ner.. In the year 1821, Mr. Milner received.a letter from the Admiralty, stating that a report had been made to their Lordships, that in August, 'lBlO, he (Mr, Milner) had" ,given to one Solomon Alexander, a slopseller of Portsete a power of attorney and an affidavit, to reeeive'. his half-pay . for the period between the.l3th March, 1810, And.the.7th July, 1810, but which half-pay he (Alexander) alleged that Mr. Milner personally received upon • another affidavit.- Now, Sir, it is wall known, and known to many Honourable Gentlemen here .present, that no. half-pay can bo received without an oath or affirmation being given, which document, similar to drafts which people draw nn their bankers, be comes a veueher for the money being paid, and without • which the sum cannot be charged against the creditor. But. when an.officer goes tee pay . office to receive his half-pay in person, he is riot only required to present his affidavit, or declarAtioe which has lately been substituted, but he is also obliged to sign a book kept for the purpose in the pay office. Thus, then, Honourable Gentlemen will see that the Admi ralty have in their own hands the power of ascertaining the truth 0311 this occasion ; and I now demand, in the name of Mr. Milner, that proof of the delinquency of which he is charged. The Admiralty letter makes two special state- . mente—once that Mr. Milner gave Alexander a power to receive his half-pay then due, and the other, that ho re ceived it personally. If either were true, the Admiralty have the proof la their own hands ; but I think I can show the liense that it is impossible. The dates of the alleged Affidavits are the lath March, 1810, and the 7th July, 1810 ; whereas the real period for which half-pay was then due to Mr, Milner, was from the preceding 7th December, 1800, to the 13th Juno, 1810, embracing 96 days prior to, and 26 days short of, the alleged affidavit. Now, Sir, Mr. Milner was upon full pay in July ; and therefore, if any affidavit for half-pay had been presented including that period, detection of either error or misconduct must have i immediately followed ;/ and to contradict the assertion of Mr. Milner having received the balf-pay alleged, or any other then due, I can produce the note of the Paymaster himself, which certifies that no half-pay was sworn to -or re ceived by Mr. Milner until the 15th of May, 1811. But this charge is brought forward against Mr. Milner after a lapse of eleven years. Now, I appeal to any Hon. Mem ber who hears me, whether he might not be put to e xtreme difficulty if so serious a charge were suddenly brought against him, after a lapse of eleven years. W. a . 1 ., air, what was Mr. Mi ratty letter that ~er's answer to th e Admi i g a 'e h ; •111 the first intimation of this alleged L . offence ? That whiv.ll an innocent man could alone reply on 8 14 to occasion :—he answered immediately, that he had /lever before heard of Solomon Alexander, or of the cir cumstance mentioned in the Admiralty letter. What could he say otherwise ? In about a month after, he received another letter from the Admiralty, desiring to know if his signatures to the documents in question were forgeries or not? To this Mr. Milner, referring to his former answer, replied, that he was equally ignorant with regard to the signatures affixed to the documents alluded to, as to the whole transaction. Upon receipt of which reply, he was further informed that the Admiralty " had been pleased to strike his name from the list of Lieutenants of the Royal Navy." Now, this arbitrary proceeding not only concerns the individual complaining, but is important to the whole Naval profession, and shows the treatment to which we are peculiarly exposed. According to the Articles of War for governing the Navy, four years is the limit for bringing any charge of even the most serious crimes included in those laws. This is intended as a protection for the person ac cused; and I now call upon Hon. Members to contemplate the cruelty and injustice of this summary proceeding, seven years beyond the limited period, of which Mr. Milner now complains. Upon Mr. Milner finding, this sentence passed on him, and that the charge included a part of the time when he was on full pay and subject to the Articles of War, he demanded to be placed before a Court-martial. What was the answer? That limitation was given against him, a ground of refusal, which ought to have been his protection. He then pleaded his being deprived of the means of seeking redress against Alexander in a Court of Justice, as his fair claim that the Admiralty themselves would take that mode of bringing both him and his accu sers face to face on oath, as the fittest mode of proving his guilt or innocence. But to this also the Board of Ad miralty were pleased to give him an unceremonious refusal! Well, Sir, as for every crime there must be some motive, let us consider what motive could have disposed Mr. Mil ner to commit the crime wipi which he is charged. The Admiralty letter attributes to him a wishsto borrow of this Solomon Alexander, the slopseller of Portsea, the sum of 1 0 /. on the security of his half-pay then due. Why, Sir, the presentation of his affidavit for the period for which he had half-pay then due would at once have produced him no less than 431. And be it observed, the presentation of such an affidavit as that mentioned in the Admiralty let ter, must at once have led to an inquiry. What then is the conclusion to be drawn by a fair examination into the cir cumstances of this case ? why, that the affidavit is a fqr gery, and that it was never presented all, in fear of disco very. As my justification in saying this, I may inform the House, that I have this very affidavit, as well as tile Power of attorney, in my pocket ; and that I will readily produce them before the House, or any Hon. Gentleman who may wish to examine them, with every other paper to which I have referred ; not wishing any Hon. Member to rely merely on what I have said without offering the documents by which it is substantiated. I say then, that the power of attorney and affidavit arc both forgeries. And to show that forgeries of this sort are not unusual, I will instance the case, which I also have in my pocket ready to pro duce, of a Surgeon's Assistant in the West Indies about the year 1833, where the forged bills were regularly paid, and upon the real quarterly bill being presented. an inquiry took place, by which it was discovered that the names of the Surgeon's Assistant and all the other signing officers were forgeries, in consequence of which the real bill was paid at once ; and I must here remark, that a pecuniary fraud was on this occasioa inflicted on the Government, whilst in the case of Mr. Milner no such pecuniary loss has been sustained. I will now beg leave to mention a circumstance that fur ther corroborates the conviction of Mr. Milner's signature being a forgery. Captain Wilson, of the Navy, a friend of Mr. Milner's, and then in command of the Perseus frigate, anchored off the Tower, being persuaded in his mind, from particular circumstances, that Alexander did not know Mr. Milner personally, although he had assumed an intimate knowledge of him, contrived to arrange a meeting between them, without either being aware of his purpose. Alexan der was seated in the cabin with Captain Wilson when Mr. Milner came in. Captain Wilson addressed him with " How d'ye do, Milner ?" Alexander, quite taken by sur prise, asked, " Is that Mr. Milner ?" Captain Wilson said, • " What ! don't you know him ?" Upon which Alaxander observed, that that was not the gentleman who signed the power and the affidavit. In continuation, Captain Wilson • reminding Alexander that he said he knew Mr.,Milner well, asked where he had known him ; which, produced from Alexander the answer, that he knew him when he was Lieutenant of the _Diadem, which ship he had been fre quently on board of', selling slops. Upon being then•asked the names of the Captain and First Lieutenant,. he gave the names of both erroneously. I should further inform the House, that this case was formerly investigated by Mr. Sheriff Parkins, who not only found out the pretended witness to Mr. Milner's signa ture, Henry Braham alias Abraham Henry, but procured an admission from him, that he had no recollection of Mr. Milner whatever, and that the affidavit was all in his handwriting, as he was in the habit of doing such things for his. master! And who does the House think can be the subscribing witness to this power of attorney ? Why, Sir, it was Al exan d er ' s own daughter Every circnin_ stance of this case shows evidence of forgery. And even tually these forged papers were given up to Mr. Parkins, upon certain conditions. And what were these condi. tions ? That they should be burnt or destroyed, so that they should never be used against him—Alexander! I believe, according to the practice of our Courts of Law, in the case of an accuser coming forward at the trial and acknowledging his charge to be unfoundetl, that the accuser receives an immediate acquittal, even it there • is strong . presumptive , reason for thinki ng bi rct guilty. Surely, the n , Mr. Milner, who has met with_ such arbi trary punishment, should not be refused the same indul gence. And I now inform the House, that I have in my Pocket, ready to be produced, with, other papers to which 1 have referred, Alexander's own disavowal of the charge. I have also a letter of Mr. Parkins, in which lie says, that upon showing Alexander the note of Mr. Smith, the Paymaster, he trembled with fear, and said ho must have been imposed upon by some one else, and that he was ready to give up all the papers, provided Mr. Parkins would not use them against him. Hon. Members will see that but for the fear of detec tion, this Soloman Alexander might, by the presentation of the affidavit, have amply remunerated himself for the alleged loan of 12/. In conclusion, I will recal the attention of the House to the simple fact, that the charge made by the Admi ralty Solicitor, of Mr. Milner having personally received half-pay due in 1810, before he 'went abroad on service, is directly contradicted by the declaration of the Pay master himself--that no half-pay •was sworn to or paid on Mr. Milner's account until May, 1811, when he had. returned from abroad, invalided. , THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, 1 Wheat. i Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Boston 62 66 29 30 19 23 Gainsborough — 66 31 23 Grantham Grimsby Horncastle 43 70 32 37 20 24 Lincoln Spalding Stamford 4B 7 , l 28 33 21 25 York 5O 70 26 34 24 26 Pease. I. to a. 3 9 41 44 38 46 38 40 36 42 4 0 44 S S. s. - , 30 82 ' 36 44 al it IEC. 21 DUBLIN MA IRISH MARKETS. KE'l NOTE for the WEEK :LADING From — li - --;;i7:.fre 34 0 4B 0 41 10 21 6 22 0 21 11 14 6 1G 0 14 LO 0 0 -- 0 —0 0 -- 0 12i Wheat, per barrel 20 stone.- 0 Here l6 stone 65 Barley 109 Oats l4 5t0ne....,. 0 Flour, per cwt 0 Oatmeal ft atone Sold to Bakers only. 122 1256 1 24 4 from from 2: 1, 25 ; Oct. 4) to t ? ) t. 0.1. Average price price of Wheat and Flour 56. 4,1. per sack. 16,281 Cwt. Aye ! 1 , 743 1 Seconds ..... ... Receipts of Flour, • Firsts Thirds Sales of Do. 111,003 PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf.... lid, I Half Quarterrt sl4d CORK MARKETS. —Dee. 22. Wheat (per 205t.)...24s Od. to 445. 0.11 Oats (per 14st.) Harley (per 165t.)...13 0 22 :0 Flour (per cwt.) 15 0 31 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) .............. 12s. Od. to la% tid. Beef, 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, • sd. to tiel. ; Veal, 4d to 6d. I Pork, 41d. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 11d, per lb. PRICE OP ntryrs:a. • To the M erc h ants. To the Country First Quality .................... uos B3s. Second .... . ....... ... ............. .. SS 79 Third . ..................... 8 9 • 73 ........ - .I,3Fourth .............................. 72 53 Fifth .................. ...... ........ 62 38 Sixth . ............................... 48 Per Cwt. go s. 8. s. d. IB CLONMELL MA RKETS.—Dec. 2. 0 0 Hides ( raw) d. to 24 o et 12 3 Bacon Pig s 38 0 40 0 5 2 0 Heads- 28 0 0 Per al?. 44 0 I Flour, Thirds 42 0 i Fourths 22 Per &met —, 20 j Ba 8 Rapeseed .............. 4 10 0 Coals 13 Here Per tone. Wheat 8 1.10 I Tallow (rough) 4 ts ... ••• 0 8 0 9 1 Potatoes 0 O f.. . ..................... •• K I LKENNY MARKETS. Wh ea t (per bane) . •• 2€4; 1 • Od. to 588.0 d. Beef (per 1 1 ).-K. , Os. Od• to Os. sd, 14 0 16 0 Mutton 0 5 0 6 . ................ 8 6 9 6 Pork 0 4 0 5 (I "' s •""'-' .). 25 0 44 0 Veal 0 5 0 d Flour ( per b a g 90 0 92 0 Fresh Butter 0 0 10 - Baconßutter (per cwt.)... 40 0 41 0 Salt Ditto Pigs Barley. .••..••••.••.•• 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per at.)... 0 2 0- 0 , Coals d. New Butter s. 0 to Oatmeal 12 0 Rendered Lard Flour, second - ---Household...— 0 o 32 0 U . - 0 O Is 6 • s 6 0 B 0 3 0 4 MARSHALSEA PRISON.—His Grace the Duke of Argyll, as Lord Steward ()flier Majesty's Household, having, with his wonted munificence, most kindly forwarded to 1. Rutland, Esq., the Deputy Marshal, his annual liberal Christmas donation for the debtors in this prison, the saints was distributed yesterday, each person receiving a bountiful supply of beef, bread, and porter, with the addition of one cwt. of coals, and Is. 6d.' in money.